Columnaris disease in fish: A review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions

Veterinary Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Declercq, Annelies Maria ^a   Haesebrouck, Freddy ^a   Van Den Broeck, Wim ^a   Bossier, Peter ^a   Decostere, Annemie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM COLUMNARE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; FISH DISEASES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84876677026     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9716-44-27     Document Type: Review

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